Washboiler



Patented Apr.. 3, 1923.

- rArEs JOHN r. METTEL, or DUBUQUE, Iowa.

WASHBOILER.

Application led January 3, 1922. Serial No. 526,780.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JOHN P. METTE-L, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dubuque and State of Iowa., has invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVashboilers, of which the following is a specification. i

The object of this invention is to provide means whereby clothesl may be easily removed from a. washboiler, drained, and dumped into the rinsing tub without heavy lifting by the attendant, or wetting or scalding of the hands. Further objects are to save time and labor to prevent tearing or other injury to the most delicate fabrics.

These and other objects will be more fully set forth and explained in the following description and claim and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein :---l

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of one end. thereof, f

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through Fig. 1 on line 3 3,

Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of the inner or clothes containing receptacle, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the handles, showing means for locking and unlocking the closure of the inner boiler.

Referring to the drawing, reference character 2 designates the outer water containing boiler of usual construction, except that at each end it is provided with sockets 3 receiving the bifurcated lower ends of standards 4L, which straddle the usual handles 5 and h. ve journaled in their upper ends a horizontal shaft 6, arranged a considerable distance above the boiler. The usual cover 7 may be employed with the boiler.

Hthin the boiler is placed a combined' false bottom and lifting member 8 of the same general contour as the bottom of the boiler on which it rests, and this member 9 is foraminous, preferably being formed of crossed bars or wires. At each end of this member 8 is provided a bail 9 which serve as handles or means to be engaged by hooks 10 on the lower ends of hoisting cables 12 which wind upon opposite ends of said shaft 6 when the same is rotated by the crank handle 141, thereby elevating the member 8 with whatever may be resting thereon. When so elevated, the. parts may be locked by any suitable detent 15. By releasing the hookslO from the bails 9, when the member 8 is lowered, the boiler cover 7 may be employed.

Theclothes are placed within an inner receptacle made up of a body portion 16 and closure 17c The body in horizontal section is of substantially U-shape, open at one end and provided with a bottom 19 extending beyond said open end, and corresponding in shape to the general shape of the boiler bottom, though smaller than the same and the lifting member S upon which it rests. The closure 17 for the said open end is of U-shape and at its upper corners is pivoted to the. upper corners of the body as indicated b-y numeral 20. This closure rests upon the projecting portion of end of bottom 19 and has a locking rod 22 pivoted in bearing members 24 on the outside of the closure 17 and with its lower end formed with a hook 25 entering an aperture 26 in said bottom 19. By turning this rod in one direction, hook 25 coincides with aperture 26 to enter or pass from the same, while, when turned in the other direction, it moves out of coincidence with the aperture and effectively locks the closure in its closed position. The rod is equipped with stops 27 on opposite sides and one or the other of these stops engages the outer wall of the closure according to which way it is desired to move the hook, and act to arrest movement of said rod. The upper end of the rod is provided with a handle 29 and the upper end of the receptacle body is provided with a handle 28, and while both are grasped by the attendant, the handle 29 may be turned in either direction to lock or unlock the closure 17. The bottom 19 and lower portions of the body 16 and closure v17 are suitably perforated.

In use, the clothes to be boiled are placed within the inner receptacle, resting upon the lifting member 9, which in turn rests upon the boiler bottom. Tater is placed within the boiler and due to the various perforations is circulated through the 'inner receptacle and clothes contained therein. The cover 7 is then applied and the clothes boiled, after which the cover is removed and the hooks 10 engaged with the bails 9 and the crank shaft 6 rotated to wind up the cables 12. This causes the bottom member 8 to elevate the inner receptacle to a position above the water, whereupon the detent 15 serves to hold the parts thus located while the water drains from the clothes into the boiler. Later, the receptacle is eleva-ted above the boiler and When sufficiently cool, is lifted by the handles 28-29 from the member 8 and Carried to the rinsing tub, and there rested, with the center of member 19 upon the rim of the tub. This permits the right hand to be used in turning` the member 29, While the grip is retained by the left hand upon the handle 28, bringing the hook 25 into register with the aperture 26 and permitting the operator to slightly lift the member 17 by its handle far enough to permit the clothes to pass out when the left hand end of the receptacle is elevated by its handle 28. Thus the clothes will slide out of the inner recepta- JOHN P. METTEL. 

